CVE-2009-1143

7HIGH

Key Information:

Vendor
Vmware
Status
Open-vm-tools
Vendor
CVE Published:
23 November 2022

Summary

An issue was discovered in open-vm-tools 2009.03.18-154848. Local users can bypass intended access restrictions on mounting shares via a symlink attack that leverages a realpath race condition in mount.vmhgfs (aka hgfsmounter).

References

https://bugs.gentoo.org/264577
https://github.com/vmware/open-vm-tools/releases/tag/2009...

CVSS V3.1

Score:
7
Severity:
HIGH
Confidentiality:
High
Integrity:
High
Availability:
High
Attack Vector:
Local
Attack Complexity:
High
Privileges Required:
Low
User Interaction:
None
Scope:
Unchanged

Timeline

  • Vulnerability published

  • Vulnerability Reserved

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